Rambling of the author: Had some complications with the story, still on it. Yeah there will be parts that are on par with pure madness, thanks to the alien visitors and the combined chaos that Ranma and Ranryu generates. Had to reread the beginning of Urusei Yatsura and the complete Ranma, had to choose who will appear and who won't and which event will happen and which won't. Well sorry for the delay anyway. It wouldn't have been possible without my good friend Gelion who beta reads my works.
Disclaimer: I still don't own the rights to Ranma ½ or Urusei Yatsura
Time Lines:
Ranma: After the Failed wedding and so the end of Ranma nibun no ichi
Urusei Yatsura: The start of the series the infamous tag.(I will change the writing here if we get into a new part of the manga timeline!)
The story is based on the happenings in the manga! Events/adventures from the movies or animes never happened.
A little help to the readers (more to come if needed):
"Hello." Speech
"(Hello.)" Thought
"Mouko Takabisha" Attack/ Technique
„U-chans" Signs
„/Hello/" Panda signs
„\Hello\" Telepathic
„/Hello\" Telephone
Part 11: All of Me
A beautiful day for planet Earth, just an hour ago it was rescued by one of her children from a probable dark future. The planet
showed her gratitude, the sky was never as clean and blue like before and the slight breeze to make it even better. If not for the sake of the rest of humanity that was having a great time at the festivals held for the victory, then for her hero... who was higher than one would like to be without any parachute.
Luckily for this hero, instead of a parachute it was a beautiful girl who helped him down to the ground, all the while whispering into his ear to not give up and not to die on her.
On the ground, a man had actually seen the two in the air!"Look! There they are!" Another looked a bit where the previous person pointed. "Your right! Let's call the TV station... and the hospital!"
--------(With the Tendo's and fiancées)----------
"... I can't believe you! I mean, yeah, I was angry as well but it was clearly not Ran-chan's fault!" Ukyo was yelling at Akane who was either proud of herself or switched to be ashamed of her action.
"Don't yell at me daughter like that!" Soun interrupted with his demon head attack that got quickly whacked by Ukyo's battle spatula.
"Look here missy! I had it with you! It's one thing to be jealous but what you are doing is madness!" Hearing this Akane couldn't listen anymore.
"I'm not jealous of that alien bitch and as far as I care she can have that perverted, womanizing freak and you should watch it because I'm a martial artist as well!" This brought out a snicker from Ukyo.
"Well sorry princess but I think I have to burst your dream bubble right now! You barely qualify to be a martial artist! You might have the training but you don't have the discipline! Sometimes I wonder what Ran-chan sees in you." Everyone knew that Akane had anger management issues but just this once Ukyo forgot it and turned around to walk away and this was the moment when Akane lashed out with a ki infused knuckle aimed towards the Kounji heir's head!
Just before the fist connected it was caught by none other than the residential Chinese Amazon deliver girl, Shampoo.
"Shampoo doesn't mind Kitchen Destroyer fighting Spatula Girl but now Shampoo agrees with Spatula Girl." With that she let go of the angry Tendo's fist and readied herself for an attack that never came as Akane shot a nasty look before turning around and leaving.
--------- (Back with the Invader and New Husband) ---------
Lum was in a close to hysterical state, she had her soon to be husband lying in her arms unconscious and he looked pale! When the people came closer to ask she forgot to speak Japanese and started speaking in her own language. The people didn't understand her but they could guess what she wanted to say but since they had already called for an ambulance the only thing they could do was to apply first aid.
Ranma was coming back to reality, tired but his hearing came back faster than his sight. He could hear some unknown people talking about first aid and ambulance. The pigtailed boy wished that they could keep it down, his head was about to explode!
"Would you SHUT UP!?" Ranma sat up, which was a bad idea as his headache became worse. As he grabbed his head because of the immense pain a pair of soft hands pulled him slowly backwards until his head was where it was a moment ago. In Lum's lap!
"(What the fuck? No matter this headache is too late for me to do anything now!)" As soon as the pigtailed boy finished that sentence in his mind his eyes closed and he fell asleep. The only thing he felt before he fell asleep was a soft hand stroking his head gently.
The ambulance arrived and did a quick check on Ranma without waking him up, it was a funny thing to see when one of the doctors tried to check his vital signs but the pigtailed boy would always move away. After a few minutes of trying the doctor had enough and asked for help to restrain the boy from moving away.
----- (Tendo Home) -----
In the Tendo home everyone was worried about the pigtailed boy, even Akane but she would never say it out right. Then again she did have moments when fits of rage overwhelmed her that came from her jumping to conclusion about why wasn't Ranma back already! Then the phone started ringing and the one to pick it up was Kasumi.
"Hello, this is the Tendo-ke." Everyone was listening in to try to hear something but after a minute they all returned to the living room.
"Yes, I see. Ara... I hope Ranma-kun is alright. Yes we will be over there to pick him up. Goodbye." As the eldest Tendo daughter hung up the phone Soun and Genma rushed over to her and started asking. Nabiki and Nodoka sat at the table calmly even if they too were worried for the pigtailed boy. Akane on the other hand tried to act like she didn't even care even if she got up and was ready to go any minute. When the Kasumi entered the room everyone was curious and it was Nodoka who couldn't wait anymore when the eldest Tendo daughter sat down.
"So Kasumi who was it?"
"It was a very polite doctor. He called that they have found Ranma." Hearing the word doctor and the experiences not so long ago everyone was sure that something bad happened to Ranma. This brought out a glare from Nabiki aimed at Akane who tried to not take notice of it.
"So?"
"He is alright. Just tired, when they found him he was in such a deep sLumber that nothing woke him up... but it is strange that he still evaded the tries to check his vital signs." This made a huge sweat drop form on many heads still it wasn't unheard of especially with Ranma.
"Anything else?"
"Oh yeah. They asked if we could pick him up and if that we aren't there in two hours than that nice oni girl offered to house him for the night." This came as a cold shower or as gasoline to a bonfire in Akane's case!
"Huh! I bet that pervert can't wait to sleep at that alien hussy's place! That skirt chasing good for nothing!" Her first words were dripping with venom but when Akane said her last words, she was on the verge of tears!
"So that means that we let Ranma stay with that girl for the night." Nabiki wasn't sure what to think about her little sister. She was a nice girl, with a temperament problem and anger issues but from the looks of it, she also could not make up her mind!
------ (High In The Sky a Horse Flies) -----
When Ranma woke up, he was in a huge bed, a bed that had tiger stripes everywhere! The blanket, the pillows and even the sheets!
"(Let's think this through... I fell asleep and I don't know where the fuck I'm at. At least the bed is comfortable.)" Looking around the room he was in. It was a large room, with strange decorations... not that the pigtailed boy hadn't seen stranger sadly. Then what caught his attention was the voice coming from the next room. It sounded like a conversation.
"(It's really a bad thing that I'm still dizzy so I can't really use my ki to check up on them.)" With that Ranma used the skills he learned from Genma when they were on the training trip. Infiltration, information gathering and removing objects without being seen, were one of Genma's specialities after all.
"(Note to self, say thanks for that stupid panda... then bash him for the training methods!)"
Ranma opened the strange door and went into an even larger room. It looked a living room... except the strange stuff... and the huge ass computer!
"... then what happened?" Ranma's attention switched from the computer to the girl on the screen. In front of the machine sat Lum in a chair or something like that. He couldn't recognize the other girl so he couldn't have met her before. She was gorgeous as well. She had black hair , her face was kind but her eyes radiated wildness. What caught Ranma's eyes was her clothing... or the lack of it! She barely had something on her that could be seen on the screen! A red leather bikini type bra with a chain over her chest
"Well I sat there waiting for two hours then since no one came for him to take him home and I have already offered to take him home."
"Either his family doesn't care about him or they are confident in his abilities, now tell me the juicy stuff. From what you told me he looks like a real hunk."
"Benten!" Lum yelled and shot a glare at the girl who started laughing.
Just as he was about to go back into the room and act like he didn't see a thing the raven haired girl had seen him.
"I see that our little Sleeping Beauty is finally awake. Looks like you weren't fooling me when you described him." Benten was running her eyes over him as if he was some kind of merchandise. It felt really disturbing in a way and when she licked her lips Ranma felt really uncomfortable!
"Well I am happy that you are awake. You had really scared me back there Ranma. I mean fainting all of a sudden!" Ranma wasn't sure what to say. He got help from a girl he barely knew but he still felt like there was a problem here.
"Wow! No wonder he caught your attention at the race. Look at those muscles! I wonder if those are for show only or can he actually use it?" That one sentence sent the pigtailed boy's blood boiling and he was about to retort when he realised something really disturbing. He quickly looked down and he quickly hid his groin as much he could!
"Why are you hiding now stud? I mean we were enjoying the show and from the looks of it you like what you see as well." Benten then struck a pose that showed of her curves. By the way, the boy moved the pose did its job. However, even that was not enough for her, she was ready to hop on her bike and race to planet Earth, the guy was everything that Lum has said. Handsome, has a body like an athlete and could probably show her a good time!
"WHERE ARE MY CLOTHES?" Ranma was about to explode from anger, his head was red from embarrassment and shame. The girls who were having a good laugh at his expense did not help at all!
"Gomennasai, Darling but I thought that you would sleep better if you weren't sweaty and dirty." Lum felt bad for this but she didn't want to put her darling into bed without a bath first.
"Why the rush stud? I mean we have already seen everything so there isn't much need for clothes right?" Benten was sure that the pigtailed boy was like her when she caught his eyes. Untamed fire burned in those blue orbs, fire that was aimed at her.
"Follow me. I'll get you something to wear." Lum got up and walked in a way to block Benten's view. But when she got closer Ranma wasn't sure what to do. Usually situations like this earned him pain in some form. When the green haired oni girl grabbed his hand and pulled him into the room where he had woken he felt a sense of doom enveloping him.
In the room, Lum guided Ranma towards what could be called a dresser of some sort. Before the pigtailed boy could say anything, the green haired girl had already found of clothes and held it in her hand offering it to him.
"I'm not sure if it will fit you but this is something my father had used in the past." This instantly made Ranma imagine him in that tiger striped jumpsuit thing that was ten times his size. Knowing his luck it is either this or nothing... and he won't dress up in her clothes!
"Thanks. Where can I change?" The question was soon answered quickly when Lum pointed towards the door to the right.
"You can dress in the bathroom."
In the bathroom, the young Saotome's mind was a mess of thoughts considering his position and the two girls.
"(I can't figure them out. I'm not sure if I should trust them but they haven't done anything that would prove that they are hostile.)"
A flashback to the Joketsuzoku village where Ranma had first met Shampoo, she hadn't seemed to be hostile to him but it had soon turned out to be, to his girl form and in some ways just as bad for his male form in a totally different way.
"Yup... I shouldn't trust them so quickly." While remembering the events in the past Ranma has already finished dressing up, it was strange wearing someone's clothes.
"It must have been in while back when that big guy had worn this." Seeing that the tiger striped shirt fit Ranma almost perfectly stirred the pigtailed boy's curiosity. The sleeves of the shirt were big, it was designed for a more muscular frame but it still looked good on him.
The trousers had tiger stripes as well but either this or he was without pants. It was a strange look on him but in a way, it did fit him. Luckily or unluckily, his old slip on shoes were there... barely intact.
"Must be from the landing... or the fast running or the flying." When Ranma was about to throw away his shoes and go bare foot there was a knock at the door. After a long pause, Ranma remembered that he was supposed to say something. "You can come in."
The door opened and Lum was standing there with a pair of boots in her hand.
"I thought you might need it. Not that I mind the lack of foot wear." With that said, she held the boots in front of the pigtailed boy. The boots were black and in the same fashion that the green haired oni's was made. It looked strange on him, but it was good in a way. The smile on the pigtailed boy's lips would quickly turn into a frown if he knew what waited him in the future.
------(Tendo Home)------
The Tendo household was preparing for bed or already sleeping. Soun had second thoughts about not bringing Ranma back but surely, the boy was honourable enough to not forget his engagement! Believing in his son Genma went to sleep without any worries, Nodoka on the other hand started imagining what her grandchildren look like if Ranma and that nice oni girl would become an item. Her giggles earned a few stares from her husband but she did not really notice it.
Nabiki was once again in her room, counting her daily profit and thanking the pigtailed hero in her mind!
"(Maybe it wasn't such a good idea not to party tonight while everyone else in the neighbourhood is having fun. But without Ranma here to party with us it wouldn't feel right, after all we are having fun now because of him.)" With those thoughts, the Ice Queen of Furinkan got out of her room and went downstairs to get some fresh air and think. Sneaking down to the living room the middle Tendo daughter went out and sat on the porch. Just as Nabiki was about to relax she heard light steppes and felt someone standing behind her.
"Having troubles sleeping Nabiki?" The eldest daughter stood behind her sister with her always-present serene smile.
"Just pondering on something, nothing crucial."
"That's good to hear. I wonder how Ranma is doing." The two continued to speak for an hour before turning in for the night.
--------(Ranma and Lum)-------
Lum showed her home and space ship to Ranma all the while calling him darling that didn't do much good for the pigtailed boy's nerves. After ten minutes, he couldn't stomach it anymore.
"Why are you calling me darling? I mean we just met like a few days ago!" This caught the young oni unprepared but she was sure that her darling was just joking. After all, he asked for her hand!
"Because I want to show my emotion that you make me feel!" Lum's answer plus the kindness on in her expression made it hard for Ranma not to blush but he fought it down.
"(This is great! Another crazy girl who is after me! Well at least up till now she isn't to forward.)" Luckily, for Ranma this girl wasn't like Xian Pu or any other girl he had met. Sure, she was seductive but with her looks, she could probably turn every man's head, the pigtailed boy also felt a sneaky nature in her one like he always feels around Nabiki! But that wasn't the only thing he felt and had seen in her, under that little time the two spent together she also displayed her kindness, playfulness, naivety and guile.
"You might be able to feel such things all of a sudden but I can't!" His words were like a thunderbolt hitting Kuno to Lum! She was sure that he liked her but now he is saying otherwise! Then again, as her mother used to say men like to have space so they can play there manly games...
"I know that behind those words you truly like me Darling so say whatever you want." Lum replied to Ranma and the pigtailed boy had to fight down the urge to just jump out of the space ship!
"\I wouldn't advise it Ranma. While you are a little better, you body is still in a bad shape! Not to mention that flying around the city almost killed you! You are lucky that you have me to enhance your limits but even I couldn't help if you were to suddenly fly down to the ground.\" Ranryu's voice echoed inside Ranma's head and gruesome images appeared in his head about when he would land in his current condition. Then Ranma felt the elder spirits presence fade away once again thus ending the conversation.
"Darling are you okay you seemed to space out."
"Yeah, I'm alright... and don't call me that!" The quick tour continued after that and when it ended, the pigtailed boy had only one question.
"Where will I be sleeping?" This brought out a smile on Lum's face and Ranma already knew what she wanted to say but he quickly acted." The...um... couch looked comfy enough... so I will be sleeping there if you don't mind! I don't want to... um... make you prepare a bed for me!" While he tried to act neutral, he knew that this wasn't the answer she waited for.
After a short debate of where or rather whom Ranma should sleep with the pigtailed boy came out as the winner and took the couch as his spot for the night. For another hour or two Lum was tempting Ranma to change his mind, by words and acts. The pigtailed boy's defence wouldn't shatter and soon Lum postponed the tempting for another time.
Once Lum was asleep and Ranma was sure he two went to sleep so he could train.
-------(Dreamscape)--------
In his subconscious Ranma found himself standing in a very wide river, the scenery was in some kind of a forest, he could hear the birds taking flight. When he found no one to greet him Ranma found it strange, usually Ranryu would have attacked him by now to test his vigilance and his knowledge of the environment that surrounded him. Looking around once again his eyes caught something under a tree, he wasn't sure what it was but he might as well look into it. Walking out to the shore of the river, he found his target asleep... or in a familiar state.
Just as he wanted to wake him up Ranryu opened his eye that instantly locked onto the pigtailed boy.
"Well, been waiting for a while. I hope you like the scenery I felt like this would prove a perfect training ground for now." With that, said Ranryu stood up, stretched a little and had a playful glint in his eye... that usually meant pain for Ranma.
Without any word, Ranryu struck and obliterated the tree, which under he was sleeping a few moments ago! What were left of the once majestic oak were only the splinters, dust and the leaves.
"I think that was enough to wake me up. Let's start with a little warming up then I'll teach you a new technique." This one sentence alone sent a shiver down Ranma's spine.
Before the pigtailed boy could say anything he was grabbed and thrown into the middle of the river, his instincts kicked in and he landed onto his feet and quickly lashed out with kick that was dodged by the incoming warrior.
"Not bad. But this won't be enough!" The two started into a deadly dance that causing the surrounding area to be soon transformed by the two.
The ground cracked and dented because of the fast movements and attacks. The river tried to fight the elemental power that came from the two fighters but even it had to give up as the aura around them pushed the flowing water away from them.
"Well, this looks promising." Ranryu was even more excited now, this level of skill and power made him remember old times, when he could go without restraints.
"(What is he thinking? I can't see anything from his expression except the urge to fight.)" Then suddenly Ranma's eyes caught a slight ripple in the water and he lashed out on instinct and his fist met with Ranryu's arm.
"Nice one. I didn't think you would notice the water movement when I move." This was an indirect compliment from the elder spirit but the pigtailed boy didn't have time to be cocky about it.
Without any sign, the two started into another flurry of attacks, neither of them willing to give space for the other. From a different perspective, the only thing a normal person would see was a blur of movements of the two, sometimes one of them would appear for a brief moment and the water that was whirling around the two.
An unknown sign made the two stop, both acknowledging the other's abilities after the warm up, silence descended on the ravaged battleground as the two took in what they had caused.
"Wow... this would probably be written down as a natural catastrophe or something like that." The level of devastation the two just did amazed Ranma; it felt like he was in Dragon Ball or something like that.
"Probably."
"So what is this new technique you want to teach me?"
"The technique is called Akku Reikon Kaihou. Before I start teaching it to you I'll warn you that this move CAN kill you if you don't watch it." The colour drained from the pigtailed boy's face when he heard what could happen!
"How can it kill me?"
"The technique increases the limits of the user's body but after the technique ends the limits return to the original state and your body will be forced to deal with the excess power that it's putting out."
"So it's a suicide move?"
"No but it can be, if you over use it or if your body has been dealt a large amount of damage." While it didn't really ease him Ranma felt better knowing this.
Ranryu changed the scenery and now Ranma found himself in the middle of a wasteland, mesas surrounding them.
"So what will I have to do to execute this technique?"
"First I want you to meditate and find your centre. After that I want you to find the centre of your surrounding area." With that said, the ancient spirit jumped up and landed on the top of a mesa not far.
Seeing that there was no way to argue with his teacher Ranma sat down and did as he was told. About an hour passed and Ranma found his centre. It was strange that it took so long to find it but this was a question for later.
"(Now to find the centre of my surrounding... how am I supposed to do that?)"
Hours passed that seemed like an eternity for the pigtailed boy, he stopped concentrating and started thinking about everything. From the race, to Lum.
"(Once again I'm back at her... and what she could give... and what she could take away.)" Just as he wanted to continue to measure his position his eyes caught Ranryu, standing on the top of a mesa that he have jumped to an hour ago.
Before he could ask anything he felt the ki that came from the environment suddenly disappear! No word came from Ranma's mouth as he saw his mentor suddenly powering up, his white aura suddenly started changing colours before turning into dark crimson!
"(Wait! That aura! That was pure ki! How could it change like that?)" When Ranma wanted to voice his thoughts a sudden air current started pushing him off the top of the mesa! He barely held on as his mentor still continued to power up and the surrounding hill's started crumbling!
"Is this the technique he wants me to learn!?" Fear, amazement and excitement from this technique made Ranma shiver, with Ranryu training him up till now he could have probably taken on Saffron without the need of the magical weapons but with this technique... he could obliterate him, the mountains with everything and everyone on it!
As the wind started to die down, Ranryu's battle aura disappeared as well and the power that he feared would make him insane disappeared as well.
"Now you understand?" Ranryu quickly cut in to prevent Ranma from submerging into the fear that appeared in his heart. The pigtailed boy just nodded and continued to meditate this time using his pure ki to search for the energy coming from the environment.
As the pigtailed boy was concentrating he felt surrounded by energy, his whole surrounding was oozing off ki in every colour! Ranma slowly collected the energy and when it made contact with him, he felt a sudden surge of power, his body become hot like it was about to implode!
He wanted to scream for pain, for help but no voice came out from his throat, the crimson life that flowed within his veins felt like lava! He was on the verge of passing out, his legs failed him and fell on his knees.
Getting air into his lungs was a tiresome act as the ki energy boiled him from the inside, it literally forced the air out of his lungs! Luckily to him he wasn't alone. Ranryu walked next to him and his hands started to shine.
"Don't worry." He put his hands onto Ranma's shoulders and the pigtailed boy felt like the sudden heat source vanished with his blood. He felt empty and weak. He wanted to ask about the situation but the elder spirit silenced Ranma.
"This is only temporary. Once you learn how to utilize this technique the pain won't be there but at least now you understand what I meant by it can kill you." Hearing those words Ranma fell into darkness.
--------(Waking World)--------
When he opened his eyes he was where he fell asleep. On a couch, inside of a spaceship.
"Now I'm not sure which is stranger, me hearing a voice in my head that actually responds and is a person in reality or that I'm on a space ship with a cute alien girl and nothing happened while I was asleep." A long silence followed as he waited for something to happen, seemingly tempting fate to throw something at him!
"Strange... usually something happens when I say something like this."
Hearing the call of nature Ranma got off the couch and tried to find the bathroom in complete darkness. In the process he stumbled a few times, knocked something over and the automatic door was hard to open when you can't see a switch.
In the bathroom the pigtailed boy summarized his day... and realized that he is either the luckiest or unluckiest guy in the world!
"Someone out there is laughing right now I'm sure about it." His thoughts ventured to the green haired owner of the space ship, realizing that she too had a hard day and he didn't even thank her for letting him stay here.
Deciding that he should at least check on Lum, the pigtailed boy sneaked into her room. His eyes already adapted to the darkness so he could see the girls form in the middle of the bed.
"(She must be even more tired than I am.)"
"\She doesn't have a stamina like you do.\"
Ranma took a last glance at the sleeping Oni, seeing that she was shivering he tucked her in then went back to sleep.
When Ranma woke up again he felt a small motion not far from him that served as a perfect wakeup call for him. The pigtailed boy opened his eyes and right in front of him was Lum. With a kind smile on her lips she held a tray in her hands that had... something that resembled a sea urchin.
"Good morning. I didn't want to wake you up so I thought that I'll place the tray here on the table so when you wake up you could eat." The kind words eased Ranma when he eyed the sea urchin like food.
"Thank you... and good morning to you too." With that said Ranma picked a piece and threw it into his mouth... not noticing that the alarms in his head that went off since he had seen the food.
The moment Ranma started chewing on it, his mouth was on fire. The closest thing he could relate this feeling is like having a miniature Saffron in his mouth, flying and throwing around his fireballs!
"You like it?" The green haired girl asked just as Ranma was about to scream but the kind look on her face made him think of the many times Akane cooked for him! As he wanted to say that it's too hot and spicy only a scream came out as ran to the bathroom, braking through the METAL door and latching onto the sink.
Lum didn't know what to think... this was a strange reaction. Never before did her cooking brought out this from someone. She picked up a piece of her grilled Star Urchin and tasted it.
"It tastes a little bland... but I did everything like the recipe said. Maybe I should have added a little more Urion spice?" Just as she started thinking about it, her mind sent out a signal that something she forgot or didn't take into count on but she wasn't sure about it.
"HOTHOTHOTHOTHOTHOTHOT!" Even after draining, HALF of the spaceships water source Ranma was trying to cool his mouth. In his mind he thanked whatever god was looking after him that this food didn't make him faint... he would have died from this spicy stuff... probably.
Lum wasn't sure what to think so she went after her guest. After the loud noise of someone drinking there was a moment of silence that was followed by a loud bang... like something broke and then a loud shriek.
"I'd better check." Once she reached to the bathroom and the door opened her eyes caught a buxom redhead laying on the ground with her sink in her hands! A few questions came up to her mind like how she got here, where is Ranma and how did she get into his clothes or how will she compensate for breaking the sink.
But only a few words came out seeing the problem.
"What the fuck?" The young oni wasn't known for swearing but this was one of those moments when no other word came to mind. When she came out of the sudden shock Lum turned to the red head.
"Where is my Darling?" She asked and grabbed the girls shirt pulling the redhead close to her. The girl didn't answer for a moment but instead took hold of Lum's hands and somehow got her to let go of the shirt.
"I'm Ranma and don't call me darling!"
"He is a guy!" The quick reply wasn't something Ranma expected, usually they attack or mumble something unreasonable for a few minutes before they listen.
"Yes I know that I am a guy but I have a curse that changes my body!"
"Prove it!" Hearing that the redhead went over to the broken sink tilted the pipe so no water would come out of it and signalled Lum to follow her as she went in to the shower with her clothing on.
While following the girl, Lum did see features that resembled her Darling. The hair, the look in her eyes, the clothing... even if in the now drenched state the clothing would be too big for her it acted like a second skin showing off all her curves.
Just as the girl went into the shower she took of the shirt plastered to her upper body and Lum felt a pang of jealousy seeing her half naked! Just as she wanted to ask what is she doing the girl started the hot water and before Lum's eyes the redhead transformed into her Darling. If it didn't happen right in front of her very eyes Lum wouldn't have believed this.
The pigtailed boy looked straight into her eyes. Lum wasn't sure what to look at quickly, his lower body that thanks to the wet clothing barely hid anything which left for her imagination, the rock hard muscles on his wet upper body, the handsome face or the deep blue eyes that could mesmerize her any moment?
Ranma wasn't sure what he was doing anymore. Here he was half naked, in the shower, his remaining clothing acting like a second skin, with a very attractive girl who has the same problems like he has. Luckily for him, the years with the fiancées earned him a long patience to these kind of situations. He quickly got out of the shower and got close to the alien girl who just couldn't think at the moment. Before she could say or act Ranma picked her up and put her on the couch and returned to the bathroom.
Alone in the living room Lum sat there for a moment before her voice came back.
"What was that for?"
But before she could have started complaining about how she is forced to do in HER home Ranma's head appeared from the bathroom.
"Can I ask for some dry clothing? Since I'm in the middle of fixing the sink I'm not sure these clothes will have time to dry." And just as give strength to his word a stream of cold water caught Ranma.
Lum fancied with declining to the request but he is trying to fix what he just broke. Not to mention that the quick show she got really made the request acceptable.
Going into her room, she tried to find something that a man could wear but seemingly that was the last of her father's clothing that she had on this ship.
"(Maybe I should hint to father that he should lose some weight.)" Lum liked her father as he was, he did have his bad moments but who didn't? Not to mention that as an oni being big was necessary when you reach an age. From that she had an idea, she picked some of her clothing and went out to the living room where a drenched red head just catapulted out of the bathroom from a burst of water. As the cursed girl stood up to look into Lum's eyes she strode back into the bathroom in the meanwhile. The oni girl did what she deemed necessary. Getting out of the target line she went next to the door with the clothing in her hands.
After a few minutes of non-stop swearing Lum was waiting for the water pressure to take revenge but instead the redhead looked out for a moment "Good news, I fixed the sink. Bad news is..." Suddenly there was another burst of water that hit the redhead right in the face.
"You still have to adjust the pressure I see."
"Yeah... something like that."
Ten minutes later when the red head finally finished fixing the sink while the ship still had some water reserves left was a miracle on its own. Ranma came out and was about to ask for the change of clothing but Lum pushed her back.
"Dry yourself first." Lum said and a playful smile appeared on her face and for a moment one appeared on Ranma's as well but it soon was pushed away when she realised what it could end up.
After getting dry and ready to dress up the redhead's face was now as red as her hair. The idea to just walk out and throw it at Lum but a cold breeze soon changed that idea.
"(Better than nothing I guess. Had worse.)" The memories of when she dressed up as a girl to fool someone like Ryoga or when she acted to be Ranko. Something like this won't be much of a difference.
Now a dressed up redhead came out of the bathroom and Lum already had a large smile. Seeing that the guest wasn't in the mood to play with her she decided to cut it short.
"So where should I go and drop you off?" The question wasn't new to Ranma, she knew that sometimes during the day she should return home to ease her family.
"Well the Tendo home would be good." She answered quickly and leaving no place for arguments. Than again Lum already found a way to play with him.
"Fine but... if you want to you can stay here for a while longer." After the first two words Lum struck a seductive pose on the sofa and combined it with saying every word slowly. The redhead was sweating hard from the ideas that sprang in her head.
--------(Tendo Home)--------
It was still dark outside when a tiger striped spaceship suddenly appeared and a green haired girl flew to the ground with a red head.
Once on the ground Ranma was doing everything to hide the pain she was feeling, while it would take a few more days till her body heals but luckily this is something she is used to.
"You look strange. Need any help?"
"Nah, I'm good. Just the altitude you know." Ranma wasn't a good liar and that was something that might never change.
"Then I'll make sure you get home before I return home." Hearing this from the oni girl the redhead was sure that she would be convinced, she only nodded and the two started walking towards the Tendo home.
At the Tendo home Kasumi was already up and preparing breakfast for her family when she heard a pair talking, moving silently in the house. The first thing that came to the keeper of the house was to call the police but when she felt the familiar aura of Ranma she calmed down. But who was the newcomer and why was her aura familiar as well?
She looked out to see Ranma sitting in the main room... wearing tiger striped clothing. Shaking her head a little to make sure she wasn't hallucinating her eyes settled on the guest who was none other but that alien girl! After a minute later Kasumi decided to step out of the kitchen and greet the two.
"Good morning. Had I known that you would be coming home this early I would have prepared something to snack on. I see you brought a guest as well." Lum had a warm smile as she looked at Kasumi.
"Want some help Kasumi?" Ranma asked as she could see that there was had been a light party here and a lot of litter was in the room.
"Oh thank you but you don't need to..." Before Kasumi could continue, Ranma stood up and started picking up the litter before going for a broom. Lum wanted to help out so she went to clean the dishes while Kasumi returned to cook.
"What's all this commotion?" Nabiki was many things but not the type that enjoys an early wakeup call when it isn't needed. She went down in her pyjama and could see her sister and two girls wearing the same tiger striped clothing. Slowly her mind turned up a gear and realized that one of the girls was Ranma!
"Well, well. I didn't think you were into this stuff Ranma-kun. Can you wait till I bring my camera down?" A surprised Ranma looked at her and started sweating bullets as Nabiki had a look like she just scammed him.
The middle Tendo girl's eye caught Lum who just came out of the kitchen and looked at Nabiki curiously. Clearly seeing that the green haired girl didn't like the way she looked at the pigtailed girl, the Ice Queen chose to see what her reaction will be so she sat down next to Ranma invading his private space a little.
"So tell me Ranma-kun. Did she talk you into the outfit or you asked for it?" At this Ranma sported a full body blush and started into a senseless talking. But before she could experiment a little more Kasumi chose to enter.
"Nabiki you should go and have a bath while no one else is up." The idea of a warm bath was good so the middle Tendo girl chose to continue playing with Ranma later.
When Nabiki returned from the bath the rest of her family was also in the main room, looking curiously at Lum and in the fathers and Nodoka's case at Ranma's attire. The gazing went on until Nodoka couldn't hold it in.
"Ranma I don't think that wearing clothes like that is very... manly. You should go up to your room and change." Hearing that Ranma realised that he was still wearing the clothes Lum gave him.
"Then excuse me I'll go up and change." Just as he said change the Jusenkyo curse went into action. Soun was about to drink his coffee when he realised that the cup was too warm and he threw it away by mistake. The hot coffee then twisted and turned in the air and landed on Ranma, who voiced his feeling about the hot liquid with a loud scream.
Nabiki couldn't believe her luck sometimes. This was a morning when getting up early worth it. Otherwise she wouldn't be able to see Saotome Ranma, probably one of the strongest martial artist of his generation run around yelling hot in a tiger striped bikini that was small on many places. Luckily for the pigtailed boy and unluckily for the interested woman the lower part of the tiger striped clothing was just enough to hide him from sight but that didn't mean that it left much for the imagination. Nabiki already knew of how well built Ranma was mostly thanks to the pictures of him, which she sold at a high price among the female students.
Kasumi also knew of his other name defining parts but that was by accident! She was in the middle of cleaning Nabiki's room when she found the no longer secret stash of photos of him. At first she didn't know what to say. Seeing him without his shirt was new thing when he moved in but seeing him so naturally was another thing! For a while she couldn't look at him without having to force some kinky images away but luckily for her the eldest Tendo girl soon found out that Ranma wasn't the man for her, she needed someone who's life wasn't as eventful as his.
Lum on the other hand who did see him already naked, not once but twice still had to blush especially when she remembered his body. The commotion lured Akane down from her room and the first thing that caught her eyes was that alien girl! Just as she was about to ask what was SHE doing here her eyes caught Ranma as a guy wearing the exact copy of that alien girl's clothes... even the bra! The situation was summed up all in one word when she shouted.
"PERVERT!" With that said Akane summoned her mallet and hit Ranma with enough force to send him into the outer wall where his body left an imprint. After venting her sudden anger on Ranma she turned to Lum.
"What are you doing here?"
"I brought darling back. He wanted to come back... but for why I'm not sure." This made Akane's curiosity and anger flare as she asked. The answer came quickly.
"I don't know you for long but I can say that you hurt him on a regular basis. Even if his family and loved ones live here I wouldn't bare with this." Lum's words made Akane loose what little control she had on her anger and she was ready to strike but the alien girl's words did not only catch her attention.
"Ranma and Akane are to be married to each other someday!" Soun yelled summoning his demon head technique which had a great effect on Lum. First, she did not believe her eyes and then the fear struck her.
Luckily, for her Ranma already got himself out of the wall and just as Soun wanted to continue Ranma poked the demon head and it deflated. But Soun didn't stop there.
"Ranma-kun has turned against me! Now my dear Akane will never marry him! The schools will never be joined!" As he started crying Genma instantly ran to his friends side to cheer him up.
Nodoka went to Lum who was still fighting off the after effects of the dreaded demon head attack!
Meanwhile Akane couldn't believe her eyes. Ranma defended that alien hussy from her father! Even worse is that her aunty Nodoka was now helping that girl!
"What is going on here?"
Her question caught Nabiki's attention who was just as curious as her sister but from what she could see, between Ranma and that alien girl a strange friendship had bloomed.
Before she could ask anyone, Nodoka took the girl into the guest room since she didn't feel to good.
Ranma didn't know what to do but then he caught Nabiki looking at him and knew he was about to be interrogated.
"Ranma I think you should answer a few questions."
"Yeah like what is that alien hussy doing here? Earth girls aren't enough for you so now you go for aliens as well?!" Akane interfered as she voiced her own thoughts via a word or two or more. This earned a look from Nabiki and the youngest Tendo quickly became silent.
"While I had the same question as Akane I would rephrase it. Why did you bring the girl to our home?" The question made Ranma think a little but when Nabiki looked at him he knew that thinking time was up.
"Well since I slept at her home yesterday I thought that I should repay her somehow."
"Logical. Second question: Did something happen between you two of you while you were away?" The question Nabiki asked had different kind of reactions. Luckily for Ranma only the Tendo girls were in the room since the fathers chose to leave the room when Nodoka took Lum from the room.
The question brought back the moments he had shared with Lum. While they didn't have physical contact the alien girl did give PLENTY of ideas for fantasies.
"Nothing. When I woke up I asked where I was and after that I went to sleep. When I woke up she offered me breakfast which made me run into the bathroom to cool my mouth."
The girls were interested in the story but Akane was fuming inside herself and she would let her anger out any moment.
"Then what happened?"
"Well she asked when I wanted to come home and she gave me a lift. Then I invited her in seeing that it was still early." As the pigtailed boy finished Nabiki gave a stern look but since she couldn't get anything out of him now she chose to let it go... for now.
"Fine. Well than let's just continue this day as we always do but first put on something decent." After hearing that Ranma quickly went into his room to change his clothes.
-------(Drying and changing clothes)-------
Now wearing his usual clothes Ranma was in his room thinking about how long Lum would be staying at the house.
"(This whole thing is a big misunderstanding and yet... I don't mind somehow. Maybe because she was kind to me.)" Believing this Ranma continued thinking about it later and joined his family downstairs before something else happens! As he was walking towards the stairs his ears caught two new voices, both female.
Unluckily for him the two were Shampoo and Ukyo who were both too happy to see the hero of the planet. Ukyo caught his left arm while Shampoo caught his right one, it was strange since Shampoo didn't show this kind of attitude for a while.
Just as the pigtailed boy thought that nothing worse could happen now Nodoka brought in Lum who looked a lot better. When the oni girl's eyes caught Ranma like that sparks started appearing around her.
"(Why do I have a feeling that I should either run or either get the girls off me.)" As he tried to get them off his arms but a slip of fate Ranma's hands landed on the two girls breasts this caused two people in the room to react VERY quickly.
"PERVERT!" Akane jumped up and threw her mallet at Ranma, said hammer blew him out of the room on impact straight into the pond. The other person who was ready to blow was Lum.
"DON'T HURT MY DARLING!" She let go a weaker lightning bolt towards Akane who couldn't jump away in time. Luckily for her and unluckily to Ranma who threw herself in front of her. The wet clothing didn't help much. He let loose a loud scream that could be heard all over the neighbourhood.
The only thing that went through the cursed martial artists mind as he twitched on the ground before he couldn't stay conscious and became unconscious was a how similar Akane and Lum could be when they were angry.